The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World

Edited by Judith Evans Grubbs, Tim Parkin, and With Roslynne Bell

Description

The past thirty years have seen an explosion of interest in Greek and Roman social history, particularly studies of women and the family. Until recently these studies did not focus especially on children and childhood, but considered children in the larger context of family continuity and inter-family relationships, or legal issues like legitimacy, adoption and inheritance. Recent publications have examined a variety of aspects related to childhood in ancient Greece and Rome, but until now nothing has attempted to comprehensively survey the state of ancient childhood studies. This handbook does just that, showcasing the work of both established and rising scholars and demonstrating the variety of approaches to the study of childhood in the classical world. In thirty
chapters, with a detailed introduction and envoi, The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World presents current research in a wide range of topics on ancient childhood, including sub-disciplines of Classics that rarely appear in collections on the family or childhood such as archaeology and ancient medicine. Contributors include some of the foremost experts in the field as well as younger, up-and-coming scholars. Unlike most edited volumes on childhood or the family in antiquity, this collection also gives attention to the late antique period and whether (or how) conceptions of childhood and the life of children changed with Christianity. The chronological spread runs from archaic Greece to the later Roman Empire (fifth century C.E.). Geographical areas covered
include not only classical Greece and Roman Italy, but also the eastern Mediterranean. The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World engages with perennially valuable questions about family and education in the ancient world while providing a much-needed touchstone for research in the field.

The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World

Edited by Judith Evans Grubbs, Tim Parkin, and With Roslynne Bell

Author Information

Tim Parkin is Professor of Ancient History at University of Manchester.

Contributors:

Lesley Beaumont, University of SydneyRoslynne Bell, University of ManchesterMartin Bloomer, University of Notre DameKeith Bradley, University of Notre Dame Eric Casey, Sweet Briar CollegeVéronique Dasen, Université de FribourgLesley Dean-Jones, University of Texas at AustinMatthew Dillon, University of New EnglandJudith Evans Grubbs, Emory UniversityRobert Garland, Colgate UniversityMark Golden, University of Winnipeg Mary Harlow, University of LeicesterSabine Huebner, Max-Planck Institut, Rostock (Freie Universitaet Berlin) Nigel Kennell, American School of Classical Studies at AthensJenny Kreiger, University of MichiganChristian Laes, University of Antwerp/Free University of
BrusselsSusan Langdon, University of Missouri at ColumbiaBlake Leyerle, University of Notre DameMaria Liston, University of WaterlooLena Larsson Lovén, Gøteburg UniversityThomas A.J. McGinn, Vanderbilt UniversityJanette McWilliam, University of QueenslandHanne Sigismund Nielsen, University of CalgaryJohn Oakley, College of William and MaryMaryline Parca, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignTim Parkin, University of ManchesterCynthia Patterson, Emory UniversityLouise Pratt, Emory UniversityApril Pudsey, Birkbeck CollegeSusan Rotroff, Washington University in St. LouisHagith Sivan, University of KansasSusan Stevens, Randolph CollegeVille Vuolanto, University of Tampere